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Mother Quotes

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Mother, Being, Housewife, Interest

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"My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit."

"My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Mother, Care, Kitchen, Living

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"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."

"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."

Marie Osmond, American Musician

Mother, Babies, Cause, Fault

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"Getting caught is the mother of invention."

"Getting caught is the mother of invention."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

Mother, Invention

21

"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."

"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."

Penelope Keith, British Actress

Mother, Performance

21

"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."

"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."

Ginger Rogers, American Actress

Mother, Dancing, Months

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"Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows."

"Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Shadows

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"But I got drafted out of high school, and my mother wasn't having it. She was like, you're not about to think that you can just play ball, because if you get hurt, you're going to be out of luck."

"But I got drafted out of high school, and my mother wasn't having it. She was like, you're not about to think that you can just play ball, because if you get hurt, you're going to be out of luck."

Shemar Moore, American Actor

Mother, Hurt, Luck, Play

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"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father."

"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father."

Jules Feiffer, American Cartoonist

Mother, Father, Contempt, Opinions

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"The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French."

"The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

Mother, Father, Daughter, Being

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"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

Little Richard, American Musician

Mother, Attention, Company

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"I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did."

"I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers, Old

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"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."

"Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress."

Marta Kristen, American Actress

Mother, Film, Years

20

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Class, Guilt

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"My mother is a walking miracle."

"My mother is a walking miracle."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Mother, Walking

19

"You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this."

"You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this."

Morris Dees, American Lawyer

19

"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."

"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."

King George V, British Royalty

Mother, Father, Children

19

"I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother."

"I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother."

Karen Carpenter, American Musician

19

"Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me."

"Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

19

"Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully."

"Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully."

Gyorgy Ligeti, Hungarian Composer

19

"I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician."

"I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician."

Angela Lansbury, American Actress

Mother, Talent, London

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"My mother gets all mad at me if I stay in a hotel. I'm 31-years-old, and I don't want to sleep on a sleeping bag down in the basement. It's humiliating."

"My mother gets all mad at me if I stay in a hotel. I'm 31-years-old, and I don't want to sleep on a sleeping bag down in the basement. It's humiliating."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

Mother, Sleep, Want

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"If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wanted Terri in her full natural bloom, not with any blooming flower."

"If Terri was upset about how silly she would look, her mother was completely undone. Seems she wanted Terri in her full natural bloom, not with any blooming flower."

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

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"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."

"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

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"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

Mother, Brothers, Christmas

18

"I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher."

"I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher."

Marta Kristen, American Actress

Mother, Father, Philosophy, University

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"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids."

"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

Mother, Hollywood, Kids

18

"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

James Cagney, American Actor

18

"She was a genius, my mother."

"She was a genius, my mother."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

18

"Even a secret agent can't lie to a Jewish mother."

"Even a secret agent can't lie to a Jewish mother."

Peter Malkin, Israeli Public Servant

18

"The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up."

"The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

18

"My mother is looking forward to it even more than me! I'll be showing her the bright lights of New York."

"My mother is looking forward to it even more than me! I'll be showing her the bright lights of New York."

Tom Felton, English Actor

18

"I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin."

"I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin."

Norma Shearer, American Actress

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"When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out."

"When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

Mother, Father, Old, Years

18

"My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised."

"My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Mother, Confidence, Independence, Sense

18

"With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances."

"With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances."

Twyla Tharp, American Dancer

Mother, Children, Favorite

18

"I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother."

"I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother."

Patty Duke, American Actress

17

"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."

"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

17

"I never turned down a mother role."

"I never turned down a mother role."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

17

"My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer."

"My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer."

John Sebastian, American Musician

Mother, Father, Writer

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"My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar."

"My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar."

Maureen Forrester, Canadian Musician

Mother, Church, Children, Cooking

17

"I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her."

"I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

17

"I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers."

"I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers."

Tina Turner, American Musician

Mother, Church, Rivers

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"Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow."

"Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow."

Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist

17

"Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols."

"Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols."

John Calvin, French Theologian

17

"My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland."

"My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Being, Disaster

17

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

17

"My mother's a secretary; my father's an electrician in a mining company."

"My mother's a secretary; my father's an electrician in a mining company."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

Mother, Father, Company

17

"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."

"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

17

"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

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